Bryant's Global Supply Chain specialization asks MBA students for three required courses, Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Supply Chain Management, Advanced Supply Chain Integration, and Logistics of International Trade, worth nine credits total. You can take it inside the One-Year MBA, a 40-credit, full-time program that finishes in 12 months and includes a required Global Immersion Experience trip abroad, or the Two-Year MBA, a 37-credit evening program that meets two nights a week for 24 months while you keep working. Both on-campus tracks charge $3,735 per course, 13 courses for the one-year path and 12 for the two-year path. Neither requires a GMAT or GRE score to apply. Admission also asks for a completed application and an $80 fee, which Bryant waives for its own alumni, current students and military veterans.
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Tuition Discounts For Rhode Island Residents
Rhode Island belongs to one regional tuition exchange. Tuition Break is open to Rhode Island residents for undergraduate and graduate study. Besides Rhode Island, two member states have 8 programs, five of them in Massachusetts.
If the program you want isn’t offered in Rhode Island, an exchange can keep a campus over the border near Rhode Island’s in-state cost. Before applying, Rhode Island students should ask each school whether Tuition Break covers its degree.
Rhode Island borders Massachusetts and Connecticut. Together Rhode Island’s neighbors have 8 accredited programs, 5 of them in Massachusetts, more than Rhode Island has itself.
Next door, the lowest stated graduate total a Rhode Island student could find is $26,140. Massachusetts and Connecticut share a tuition exchange with Rhode Island.
Accredited supply chain programs in the states bordering Rhode Island
Note: A blank cell means that state has no program with a verified figure.
Graduate totals are read from each school’s program page; bachelor’s rates are IPEDS 2023-24, per year, for the whole school.
Studying Supply Chain Management Online In Rhode Island
None of the two Rhode Island directory listings names an online format; a Rhode Island resident studying online would enroll elsewhere.
A Rhode Island student enrolling online elsewhere should check whether the school charges Rhode Island residents its online rate or a nonresident one, and whether Rhode Island students must spend time on campus.
For a Rhode Island student, these are the six lowest online master’s totals we list.
Lowest-cost online master’s in supply chain management open to Rhode Island students
In Rhode Island, purchasing managers earn the highest median of these occupations, $134,560. Logisticians in Rhode Island earn a median of $76,180, below the $82,320 national figure; Rhode Island’s lowest-paid tenth earn under $47,010 and the top tenth over $129,630.
For transportation, storage and distribution managers in Rhode Island, the occupation that includes supply chain managers, the median is $117,600, with the 10th percentile at $71,760 and the 90th at $207,580. On the procurement side, Rhode Island’s purchasing managers earn a median of $134,560 and its buyers and purchasing agents $86,240.
Supply chain occupations in Rhode Island: jobs and median pay
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no Rhode Island estimate for that figure.
BLS publishes no separate wage for supply chain managers. They are counted inside transportation, storage and distribution managers, and every figure here is for that whole occupation. BLS publishes no separate wage for customs brokers. They are counted inside compliance officers, an occupation that spans government, finance and healthcare, so figures for the whole occupation describe far more than customs work.
Pay And The Cost Of Living In Rhode Island
At 102.3 for 2024, Rhode Island’s BEA price level sits 2.3% over the U.S. average, so Rhode Island’s $76,180 logistician median buys what $74,482 would nationally. Adjusted that way, Rhode Island ranks 49th of 51 for logistician pay.
Supply Chain Pay By Metro Area In Rhode Island
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA pays Rhode Island’s highest logistician median, $78,370, $2,190 above the Rhode Island figure. Metros crossing into Massachusetts count their jobs outside Rhode Island too.
Median pay for logisticians and transportation, storage and distribution managers in Rhode Island metro areas
Note: A blank cell means BLS publishes no estimate for that metro.
Rhode Island Pay Against Its Neighbors
Massachusetts pays logisticians the most here, $100,360; Rhode Island is third of 3 at $76,180. Adjusted for prices, Massachusetts leads at $94,897, and Rhode Island places third.
Logistician and manager pay in Rhode Island and the states it borders
Note: Price-adjusted pay divides the median by BEA’s state price level. A blank cell means no estimate.
Where The Supply Chain Jobs Are In Rhode Island
Rhode Island’s largest by headcount: production, planning, and expediting clerks (960), then industrial production managers (940) and logisticians (550). Rhode Island holds 0.2% of U.S. jobs in the managers’ occupation, and Rhode Island logisticians are 0.2% of the U.S. total.
The managers’ occupation has 0.892 jobs per 1,000 in Rhode Island (location quotient 0.63), ranking Rhode Island 33rd of 50 and well below the national share. In Rhode Island, logisticians hold 1.093 jobs per 1,000 (0.68 quotient, 37th).
Compliance officers and operations research analysts are left out of this count: both occupations reach well beyond supply chain work. “The managers’ occupation” is transportation, storage and distribution managers. A location quotient of 1.0 means the occupation’s share of jobs matches the national share.
Rhode Island Logistics Industries
County Business Patterns counts 12,732 transportation and warehousing jobs at 806 Rhode Island employers in 2023, plus 17,463 jobs in Rhode Island’s wholesale trade. By that count Rhode Island ranks 47th of 51 for transportation and warehousing employment.
Within it, couriers and delivery is Rhode Island’s largest freight line, 3,132 jobs, followed by trucking at 3,054. Warehousing and storage employs 1,924 people at 39 Rhode Island sites, 44th among the states. The best-paid of these lines in Rhode Island is freight support services, averaging $69,583 a year per job.
Logistics and wholesale industries in Rhode Island: jobs, employers and average pay, 2023
Note: A blank cell means the Census Bureau withholds that figure to protect individual employers.
County Business Patterns 2023 (Census Bureau): employer establishments, mid-March employment and annual payroll; average pay is payroll divided by jobs. Rail is outside its scope. Shares compare with the 50 states and DC.
Supply Chain Job Growth In Rhode Island Through 2034
In Rhode Island, transportation, storage and distribution managers grow fastest: +81.8%, from 390 jobs in 2024 to 710 in 2034, per Rhode Island’s labor market office (U.S.: +6%). The slowest in Rhode Island is purchasing managers, at +0.9%.
Across its six core supply chain occupations, Rhode Island expects about 350 openings a year. Five of Rhode Island’s six are projected to outpace the U.S.
Projected employment for supply chain occupations in Rhode Island, 2024 to 2034
Long-term projections from each state’s labor market information office, published through Projections Central (dlt.ri.gov). Openings count new jobs plus workers who retire or change careers. The core occupations leave out compliance officers and operations research analysts.
Supply Chain Occupations In Rhode Island, One By One
Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers In Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 450 transportation, storage and distribution managers. Their median, $117,600, puts Rhode Island 15th of 52. The middle half of Rhode Island’s pay for this occupation runs from $88,840 to $153,220, and the outer tenths reach $71,760 and $207,580. At 0.892 jobs per 1,000 in Rhode Island, its location quotient is 0.63 (33rd). Rhode Island’s labor office projects +81.8% to 2034, about 70 openings a year.
Logisticians In Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 550 logisticians. Their median, $76,180, puts Rhode Island 40th of 52. The middle half of Rhode Island’s pay for this occupation runs from $63,480 to $98,940, and the outer tenths reach $47,010 and $129,630. At 1.093 jobs per 1,000 in Rhode Island, its location quotient is 0.68 (37th). Rhode Island’s labor office projects +17.7% to 2034, about 60 openings a year.
Purchasing Managers In Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 220 purchasing managers. Their median, $134,560, puts Rhode Island 30th of 51. The middle half of Rhode Island’s pay for this occupation runs from $105,340 to $162,710, and the outer tenths reach $98,410 and $206,980. At 0.447 jobs per 1,000 in Rhode Island, its location quotient is 0.82 (25th). Rhode Island’s labor office projects +0.9% to 2034, about 20 openings a year.
Buyers And Purchasing Agents In Rhode Island
BLS publishes no Rhode Island job count for buyers and purchasing agents. Their median, $86,240, puts Rhode Island fifth of 52. The middle half of Rhode Island’s pay for this occupation runs from $66,570 to $91,260, and the outer tenths reach $52,000 and $121,760.
Operations Research Analysts In Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 360 operations research analysts. Their median, $77,910, puts Rhode Island 37th of 48. The middle half of Rhode Island’s pay for this occupation runs from $64,370 to $100,640, and the outer tenths reach $61,110 and $183,030. At 0.727 jobs per 1,000 in Rhode Island, its location quotient is 1.04 (16th). Rhode Island’s labor office projects +18.1% to 2034, about 20 openings a year.
Industrial Production Managers In Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 940 industrial production managers. Their median, $124,120, puts Rhode Island 26th of 51. The middle half of Rhode Island’s pay for this occupation runs from $102,830 to $161,210, and the outer tenths reach $79,660 and $192,120. At 1.877 jobs per 1,000 in Rhode Island, its location quotient is 1.19 (15th). Rhode Island’s labor office projects +4.1% to 2034, about 80 openings a year.
Cargo And Freight Agents In Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 140 cargo and freight agents. Their median, $60,310, puts Rhode Island sixth of 49. The middle half of Rhode Island’s pay for this occupation runs from $48,380 to $73,150, and the outer tenths reach $39,530 and $91,650. At 0.271 jobs per 1,000 in Rhode Island, its location quotient is 0.43 (41st). Rhode Island’s labor office projects +26.4% to 2034, about 10 openings a year.
Production, Planning, And Expediting Clerks In Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 960 production, planning, and expediting clerks. Their median, $65,310, puts Rhode Island fourth of 52. The middle half of Rhode Island’s pay for this occupation runs from $53,550 to $81,420, and the outer tenths reach $41,890 and $97,680. At 1.919 jobs per 1,000 in Rhode Island, its location quotient is 0.76 (27th). Rhode Island’s labor office projects +21.5% to 2034, about 110 openings a year.
Compliance Officers In Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 970 compliance officers. Their median, $87,620, puts Rhode Island tenth of 52. The middle half of Rhode Island’s pay for this occupation runs from $74,550 to $110,090, and the outer tenths reach $60,000 and $135,260. At 1.932 jobs per 1,000 in Rhode Island, its location quotient is 0.72 (46th). Rhode Island’s labor office projects +3.2% to 2034, about 80 openings a year.
Pay and percentiles from BLS OEWS (May 2025); state ranks count the states, DC and Puerto Rico with an estimate. Each occupation’s salary page carries its national, state and metro detail.
Rhode Island Freight And The Supply Chain Economy
Counting shipments that start, end or stay in Rhode Island, the Freight Analysis Framework estimates 49.7 million tons of freight worth $109.2 billion moved in 2024. That ranks Rhode Island 46th of 51 by value and 47th by weight, and 40.5% of its tonnage never leaves the state.
By value, mixed freight and motor vehicles lead Rhode Island’s freight. By weight, Rhode Island moves mostly natural gas and fossil products and gravel. In Rhode Island, trucks carry 72.4% of the tons, pipelines 24.4%.
Rhode Island’s largest domestic trading partner is Massachusetts ($24.3 billion, both directions), then Connecticut and New York. Rhode Island exported $3.2 billion of freight, mostly to Europe, and imported $11.5 billion, mostly from Europe. The framework forecasts Rhode Island’s tonnage to grow 61.6% by 2050 and its real value 87%.
The five largest commodities by value in Rhode Island freight, 2024
Freight Analysis Framework 5.7.1 (BTS and FHWA): 2024 estimates in current dollars; the 2050 value forecast is in constant 2017 dollars. Trading-partner values combine freight in both directions.
Rhode Island Metro Areas With Supply Chain Programs
Bryant University sits in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metro area.
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (metro area): Bryant University.
The area crosses into MA.
Areas are Census Bureau CBSAs (July 2023), assigned by each school’s county.
Each city page lists the programs with a campus in the city itself (where there is none, the nearest in its metro, and the page says “near”), with pay for every supply chain occupation across the metro. A metro that crosses a state line is listed under each state it reaches.
Rhode Island Programs In The National Rankings
MBA ranking: one of the 38 programs is in Rhode Island.
How To Choose A Supply Chain Program In Rhode Island
With two accredited programs in Rhode Island, the choice at home is short: Bryant University. If none fits, Rhode Island’s neighbor Massachusetts has five.
Ask about Tuition Break before ruling out a school outside Rhode Island; Rhode Island’s residents can use it for undergraduate and graduate study.
Match the program to where you’ll work: in Rhode Island, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA pays logisticians most, $78,370 against $76,180 statewide.
Look at demand too: in Rhode Island, transportation, storage and distribution managers grow fastest, +81.8% by 2034.
FAQ
How Many Supply Chain Management Programs Are In Rhode Island?
This directory lists two accredited supply chain programs in Rhode Island, at one school: one bachelor’s and one master’s.
What Do Supply Chain Managers Make In Rhode Island?
In Rhode Island, the occupation counting supply chain managers pays a median of $117,600 across 450 jobs, against $107,230 nationally.
How Much Do Logisticians Make In Rhode Island?
The logistician median in Rhode Island is $76,180, across 550 jobs. At Rhode Island’s price level of 102.3 (U.S. = 100), it buys what $74,482 would nationally.
Which Rhode Island Metro Area Pays Supply Chain Workers The Most?
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA has Rhode Island’s highest logistician median, $78,370. It also pays Rhode Island’s managers’ occupation the most, $110,000.
How Does Rhode Island Supply Chain Pay Compare With Neighboring States?
Of the 3 states compared with Rhode Island, Massachusetts pays logisticians the most, $100,360; Rhode Island ranks third at $76,180. After adjusting for prices, Rhode Island ranks third.
How Many Logistics Jobs Are In Rhode Island?
Census County Business Patterns counts 12,732 transportation and warehousing jobs in Rhode Island for 2023, 1,924 of them in warehousing and storage. BLS counts 550 Rhode Island logisticians, the planners who run those flows.
Which Supply Chain Job Pays The Most In Rhode Island?
Purchasing managers earn Rhode Island’s highest supply chain median, $134,560, then industrial production managers at $124,120.
Is Supply Chain Management In Demand In Rhode Island?
Rhode Island’s labor market office expects transportation, storage and distribution managers in Rhode Island to grow 81.8% by 2034, against 6% nationally, and Rhode Island expects about 350 openings a year across Rhode Island’s six core supply chain occupations.
Can Rhode Island Residents Get A Tuition Discount At Out-Of-State Schools?
Yes. Rhode Island is in Tuition Break. Tuition Break reaches 8 accredited programs outside Rhode Island and covers undergraduate and graduate study for Rhode Island residents. Before applying, Rhode Island students should ask whether Tuition Break covers the program.
